Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543, German, Polish) , Astronomer
Creator
Nicolas Dandeleau (1749, Engraver) , Engraver
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 350mm
width (print): 256mm
width (print): 256mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, turned to the right [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer. In an oval frame.
Inscribed below: ‘Desine et Grave - - par N. Dandeleau
NICOLAS COPERNIC
Chanoine de Frarvenberg ne a thorn dana la Prusse
Roijale le 19 janvier 1472 Mort le 24 Mai 1543
Dedie a Monsiuer De Sartine
Chevalier Conseiller du Roi en ses Conseila […]’
Engraving from MS/648/6 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), German-Polish astronomer and mathematician, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: ‘Desine et Grave - - par N. Dandeleau
NICOLAS COPERNIC
Chanoine de Frarvenberg ne a thorn dana la Prusse
Roijale le 19 janvier 1472 Mort le 24 Mai 1543
Dedie a Monsiuer De Sartine
Chevalier Conseiller du Roi en ses Conseila […]’
Engraving from MS/648/6 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), German-Polish astronomer and mathematician, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
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